This picture is from a five-day 'Caravan' Trek, I did together with a Tuareg camel-driver, Ali, and his camel. The camel was used as a pack animal while we walked the 90 km through the Sahara, between Chinguetti and the oasis of Terjit.

This picture is from a five-day 'Caravan' Trek, I did together with a Tuareg camel-driver, Ali, and his camel. The camel was used as a pack animal while we walked the 90 km through the Sahara, between Chinguetti and the oasis of Terjit.

This picture is from a five-day 'Caravan' Trek, I did together with a Tuareg camel-driver, Ali, and his camel. The camel was used as a pack animal while we walked the 90 km through the Sahara, between Chinguetti and the oasis of Terjit.

Taken in Mauritania. This shows the wizened face of a Tuareg nomad. Taken shortly after the shootings of the French tourists before the famous Paris-Dakar rally. I faced no danger and met only friendly people despite the recommendations not to travel.